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Transforming English Rural Society|John Broad

Transforming English Rural Society : The Verneys and the Claydons, 1600 1820

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John Broad explores the rise and fall of the Verney family of Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire, demonstrating the family's rise to wealth as motivated by a strong dynastic imperative. He reveals how the family managed its estates to maximize income and used its wealth to transform the Claydon villages and landscape, creating a pattern of "open" and "closed" parishes. Based on the formidable Verney family archive with its abundant correspondence, this book will appeal to anyone interested in the English countryside as a dynamic force in English social, economic and demographic history.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780521041980
  • ISBN-10: 0521041988
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: September 2007
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.01 pounds
  • Page Count: 312

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